Between this and Oracle, Java has a very interesting year ahead of it. What it has going for it: the major alternative is Microsoft (at least for enterprise); f

Between this and Oracle, Java has a very interesting year ahead of it. What it has going for it: the major alternative is Microsoft (at least for enterprise); fragmentation in the language space (there's no dominant language, just a growing number of very good options); a large user base that isn't going anywhere too quickly (because of it's heavy enterprise orientation).